Daycare Provider Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse
On February - 18 - 2013
DURHAM — A woman who owned a daycare center pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse Monday in Durham County Superior Court, but the judge was not happy with the plea agreement. Christy Guzman faced charges of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily/mental or emotional injury and felony child abuse inflicting serious injury for an alleged incident involving a 3-month old baby in her care. Under a plea agreement, the felony charges were dismissed and Guzman was allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor child abuse. Guzman entered an Alford plea to the child abuse charge, meaning she did not admit guilt. READ MORE HERE
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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